² And the earth was a ^(A)[a]formless and desolate emptiness, and ^(B)darkness was over the ^[b]surface of the deep, and ^(C)the Spirit of God ^(D)was hovering over the ^[c]surface of the waters.

⁹ Then God said, “^(A)Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let ^(B)the dry land appear”; and it was so.

⁵ For ^[a]when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that ^(A)by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was ^(B)formed out of water and by water,